Industry Program in Cheminformatics
For the completion of Industry Program in Cheminformatics - Distance Participation Program a candidate has to successfully complete the following six papers.Course Curriculum
PAPER 1: BASIC OF CHEMINFORMATICS
- Introduction to Cheminformatics
- Evolution of Cheminformatics
- High-Throughput Synthesis and Screening
- History of Chemical Information Science
- Use of Cheminformatics
- Prospects of Cheminformatics
- Cheminformatics Glossary
PAPER 2: MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
- History of Medicinal Chemistry
- Prodrugs and Soft Drugs
- Drug Targets
- Drug Solubility
- Natural Resources of Lead Compounds
- Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism
- Biological Testing and Bioassays
- Preclinical Testing and Clinical Trials
- Synthesis
- Patenting and Manufacture
- Complexes and Chelating Agents
- Molecular Modeling Using Computers
PAPER 3: MODERN COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY
- Combinatorial Chemistry Technologies and Libraries
- Solution Phase Synthesis
- High-Throughput Synthesis and Screening
- Combinatorial Libraries
- Analytical Methods
- Biological Libraries
- Biopanning
- Peptide Display Libraries: Design and Construction
PAPER 4: CHEMICAL DATABASE DESIGN & THEIR MANAGEMENT
- Database Concepts
- Structured Query Language
- Chemical Database Design
- Bio Catalyst Database
- The MOS Database
- The Failed Reaction Database
- Protecting Groups Database
- Solid-Phase Synthesis Database
PAPER 5: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES
- History of Scientific Information Communication
- Chemical Literature
- Chemical Information Searches
- Chemical Information
- Chemical Information Sources
- Chemical Name and Formula Searching
- Analytical Chemistry (Constitutional Chemistry)
- Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry Sources
PAPER 6: COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
- Introduction to Computational Chemistry
- Classical Potential Energy Methods
- Quantum Chemistry Introduction & Principles
- Theories of Quantum Chemistry
- Symmetry & Sample Z-Matrix
- Geometry Optimization
- Semi-Empirical Methods
- Molecular Mechanics & Forces
PAPER 7: DATA SQUENCING. MINING & VISUALIZATION
- An Introduction to Data Mining
- Data Mining: Broad Aspects
- Visualizing Data Mining Models
- Software - Past and Present Developments
- Application Visualization System
- Software for Chemical Data Mining
- Data Mining & Human Genome
PAPER 8: DRUG DESIGN & DISCOVERY
- Contour of Drugs
- Development of New Drug
- Chemical Parameters in Drug Design
- Physicochemical Parameters in Drug Design
- Structure-Based Drug Designing
- Drug Discovery
- Computational Techniques